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Chief Innovation Officer Summit - SF 5/21-22

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The Chief Innovation Officer Summit in San Francisco this coming May 21-22 brings together thought-leaders from a range of industries to incite discovery, inspire change & facilitate a cross-pollination of ideas. Learn from the brightest minds in innovation, benchmark your process against peers and make meaningful cross-industry connections. 

Topics include:

  • Ideation Management
  • Rapid Scaling
  • Innovation Execution
  • New Product Development
  • Planning for Disruption

Click Here for details and to register. Use the Institute 20% discount: IID20

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Front End of Innovation 2015 - May 18-20 Boston, MA

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Front End of Innovation Conference (FEI) is the World Leader for Advancing Innovation. Bringing together the best-of-the best in innovation, r&d, product development, commercialization, marketing and strategy from leading Fortune 1000 companies to be enlightened and inspired. For the past 13 years, the industry has recognized FEI as the world leader in advancing innovation™. Executives rely on FEI US as their trusted brand for bringing together the best and brightest authors, practitioners, academics and experts in innovation, product development, insights, trends and R&D. For 2015, the next generation of remarkable takes the stage.

The Institute strongly recommends members experience an innovation conference as part of your development as innovators. You will be exhilarated and amazed...

 Institute negotiated 15% discount code: FEI15IID

Link (with discount): http://www.iirusa.com/feiusa/home.xml?registration=FEI15IID

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FREE Webinar - 4 Lenses of Innovation - a power tool for creative thinking.

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Most insightful business resources and thought leaders today are stating that we need to become more innovative in our thinking and in how we are managing our businesses. But how do we practically make innovation into a new guiding skill and systematic practice?

While there are many different approaches and processes that have proven successful, Rowan Gibson - a widely recognized author and innovation specialist - has identified 4 key business perspectives from top innovative companies that can guide and prod you to discover new opportunities for growth and differentiation for your business.

You are cordially invited to hear a FREE webinar March 26 12-1PM EST to hear and interact with Rowan Gibson on the launch of his new book, 4 Lenses of Innovation - A Power Tool for Creative Thinking.

Register here for FREE webinar registration, complementary chapter from his book, and introductory video on the 4 Lenses.

Webinar completed. Click here for a written summary of conversation in my blog: "Innovation As Management Science, Not Theory"

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FREE Webinar - Creating the Ultimate Differentiator: How to Innovate Your Business Model

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On February 25th 1PM EST, Business Models Inc. CEO Patrick van der Pijl will show you how to build powerful differentiators through game-changing business models.

In this webinar, we'll explore: 

  • New ways of thinking about the value your firm brings to its clients
  • Why business models are such good differentiators
  • In-depth examples of business model innovation
  • How to organize a world-class framework for business model innovation

Register for the FREE webinar here. For those who missed the webinar, replay is available here and written highlights are provided in the following blog post.

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FREE 7 Week Online Design Thinking Course

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Starting February 9th (registration open till March 1st), Acumen and IDEO.org have partnered to deliver this FREE innovation learning opportunity. Design thinking or human-centered design is a widely recognized "thinking and doing" process for helping you  develop your innovation capabilities. 

The Course for Human-Centered Design is a seven-week curriculum that will introduce you to the concepts of human-centered design and how this approach can be used to create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions for change. This course has been created to reach those who are brand new to human-centered design, so no prior experience required.

What You'll Learn:

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This seven-week course will:

  • Equip you with the mindsets and methods of human-centered design so that you can be more intentional about facing and solving your current challenges
  • Let you experiment with the power of human-centered design
  • Teach you to identify patterns and opportunities for concept development
  • Inspire you to approach challenges differently and experience how human-centered design can add new perspectives to your own work tackling challenges
  • Give you hands-on experience speaking to, prototyping for, and testing solutions with the people you're designing for

Click here to register for this FREE online course.

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